During the presidential race, Barack Obama campaigned on a health care plan that included a public option. But lately, President Obama has been wavering on the public option -- one of the most important and most needed pieces of health care reform.
Recently, the Obama administration indicated that it might be open to passing health care reform without any provision for a public insurance option. In fact, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, went so far as to say that the public option was not an "essential" part of reform.
Stand up for real health care reform and tell President Obama to fight for the public option today!
President Obama:
When it comes to health care reform, the public option is not optional. You campaigned on change and on a health care plan that included a public option.
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But aside from single payer, a health care bill without a robust public option is just more of the same. If you are sincere about supporting the public plan, tell Congress and the voters that you will not sign a bill without a robust public option similar to Medicare.
